Career / Professional Development

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The Chat with Us and Ask Us service will connect you with the Library's Research and Reference desk. They are available to assist you with using any of the resources available on this page.

If you have any questions pertaining to your job search or developing skills for your future career, please contact the Career Development Office.

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Corporate Research

Hoover's and Lexis-Nexis are available to help you find background information on the company and its industry, current news articles, and more. You may consider using thses resources to research a particular industry or prepare for an interview.

Provides company profiles, corporate directory (searchable by company name, industry, ticker symbol, sales, location), market quotes, and business news. Includes Hoover's company profile database. Also provides hypertext links to over 5000 company Web sites.

Software Training

Collection of short, easy-to-view and understand tutorial movies that answer common questions people have when learning and using software. It includes more than 20,000 individual tutorial movies, which cover more than 100 software applications.

Practice Exams

A resource for online, interactive practice tests, career building tools, and writing aids with access to targeted skill-building interactive courses in math, reading, and writing. Test results can remain anonymous or you can save your results by creating an ID and password. Tests are available under the "Assessments and Training" headings on the website.